Greatest gun in the world near completion
Washington reports the Watervliet gun factory has the giant coastal defense gun nearly finished. It is about 6 feet long with a 16 inch bore and a two and a half ton shell that can reach twenty two miles making it the most formidable weapon described. Panama Canal cheap to buy half finished says New York Herald notes Colombia offers to sell the half completed canal for a nominal sum and completing it would cost about half of building the Nicaraguan route.
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Germany Voices Displeasure Over Russian Slights
London reports widespread German displeasure after Russian officers allegedly slight Count Von Waldersee in China, straining Russo German relations as Germany files a formal protest. Paris notes CountCastellanes is seriously ill and ordered into seclusion for a week. St Paul recounts a board decision to parole the Younger brothers, with the state pardons board to decide next month.
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Dawson Fire Reports $100,000 Loss in City Burn
Dol phin arrived with news of another Dawson City blaze. Six blocks of frame buildings burned for an estimated loss of $100,000 amid fears crops ruined by cold. London reports cold and snow hitting several provinces and North Devon shire crops at risk. News in brief from Inter Ocean and other papers covers finance and public health notes, listing numerous individuals and firms connected to the day’s events.
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North Devonshire
President envisions irrigation needs during Arizona visit
The presidential party toured Arizona’s Congress mine near Phoenix and was greeted by vast crowds. Governor Murphy and staff welcomed them, Rough Riders led by ex-cavalry members escorted the president, and a review included civic and tribal groups. The visit highlighted irrigation needs and federal aid. The president praised the territory’s new capitol, noting the trip as a kind of vacation that revealed the West’s magnitude and irrigation potential. The party planned a California departure at 5 pm after a luncheon and galley drive.
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Czar Reviews 80 000 Troops Amid Guard Parade
In St. Petersburg on May 7 the czar, protected by a strong body guard, reviewed 80 000 troops. The display included 61 cavalry squadrons, 54 infantry battalions, and 27 artillery batteries. The force wore newer, more destructive arms than those used by European powers previously.
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St. Petersburg
Pacific Coast Terminals the Favorites In the Scramble
Stocks continue to advance at a rapid rate as traders favor Pacific coast terminals and western railroads. Southern and Santa Fe show strength while Northern roads tied to Hill interests grow more active in New York May 7.
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Traction Strike Halts Troy Interurban Traffic
May 7 reports show Inter-Urban and Suburban traffic suspended in Troy Albany Cohoes and two other manufacturing cities as United Traction Company employees go on strike amid broader labor unrest. Five Million Damages Sought For Maine Explosion Victims In Havana Harbor attorneys predict government may cover survivors and kin dollar for dollar. Perry Heath claims Hanna is McKinley’s logical successor London and Washington debate remarks with no comment from Hanna.
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Ship of Death Returns From Tien Tsin Dead Abroad
A ship now in quarantine carries the remains of Capt. H J Reilly and fifty nine other American officers and men who died during the march to Peking and defense of the legations. Most perished from wounds, a few from disease. Bodies may be sent to friends or buried with honors in the national cemetery.
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Field to lead survey work in Rocky Mountains
Prof C H Field of the United States Geological Survey will depart Washington this week for Cheyenne Salt Lake and Denver to consult with local survey officers on operations in the Rocky Mountain region this month. In Wyoming plans include a thorough study of diverting Green River waters in Uinta county for irrigation and examining the Crow Creek basin west of Cheyenne for reservoir potential. Field will meet Chief Geographer Newell and then assume general charge of Rocky Mountain survey work.
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Plague Report Highlights Cape Town Outbreak
Sixteen new bubonic plague cases reported in Cape Town with eight Europeans among them. Since outbreak began there have been 3190 cases and 217 deaths. Ohio governor offers General Anderson command at Sandusky Soldiers Home. Joseph Glenn ing of Chicago commits suicide by train. Miss Morris named lieutenant colonel on Governor Candler’s staff in Georgia. she also serves as secretary of the Georgia Society of Chattanooga and is noted as a skilled horsewoman, linguist, and musician.
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Immense Dance Hall Reconstruction Underway in Omaha
Contractor M P Keefe resumes work to transform Keefe hall into the west’s largest dancing hall. The old frame is torn down, the front kept temporarily for cavalry use. CG N Miller, Fort Crook superintendent, joins as Keefe’s foreman after earlier Cheyenne work. He notes Omaha’s prosperity and rising hiring.
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Jones May Die of Starvation in Jail
Charles Jones, a jailed valet who confessed to murdering Mil lonaire Rice under the instigation of Lawyer Patrick, is gravely ill and subsisting on injections of liquid food after five days of near starvation. Doctors fear mental decline and possible death as they test techniques to sustain him.
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Charles Jones
Patrick
Notorious horse thief captured after months of pursuit
James Barber, linked to eighteen horse thefts from Arnold Randy company in Albany county, Wyoming, was arrested by Albany and Armstrong County officers after a long chase through Wyoming, Colorado, and Texas. He was captured in Claude, Texas, brought to Denver, and today headed to Laramie with Sheriff Cook to stand trial.
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Notable City Docket of Visitors and Moves
Robert C. Morris returns from Green River while John Moran of Glenda is registered at the Dyer hotel. E. C. Bill buys a home on 23 and Evans streets. Judge Groesbeck visits from Laramie on legal business and Judge Bramel heads back to Laramie to hold court tomorrow. Congressman Shafreth travels with his wife en route to Manila. Mrs. Tessera, from the Union of Pueblo, is visiting the city as guest of George Colangelo. Conductors Woodmansee and Burns depart for Milwaukee for the B of R T convention. William Peckham, once a Cheyenne boy, plans a volumes of poems as the Printer Poet in Buffalo. Deputy Sheriff LaFors heads to Helena with Andrew Ahrefis to face horse theft charges from Crow Indians.
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Warren Mercantile Co Embalmers and Undertakers
Warren Mercantile Co advertises embalming and undertaker services with a prompt and direct sales line urging readers to choose their offerings over competitors under the banner Our Leader and a bold call to smoke the best.
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